How to make a gorgeous fermented foods salad

Why is it that even when you’re inclined to cook, and your fridge is full of kale and artisanal condiments, you can still find yourself making the same old grain-and-greens bowl?

Chay Wike, the Los Angeles tastemaker and organic tea purveyor, loves learning the go-to recipes of others for cooking inspiration and breaking out of a rut.

So she recently debuted a monthly video feature called Kitchen Visit, on her new blog Butter, where she goes inside the kitchens of savvy Angelenos to cook a super, simple standby dish with them (that also happens to be incredibly telegenic).

It’s basically like showing up at the house of a glamorous friend who can whip up something healthy using ingredients you’d never think to combine.

“I’m kind of bored by my usual tricks and really want to know what other folks are making. I’ve been visiting the home kitchens of professional cooks, friends, creative’s, people I know…. I’ve been collecting recipes from these people in an effort to expand my own repertoire and share them,” Wike says.